COLLEGE STATION — Ten years ago, I was working on my first book, Game of My Life: 25 Stories of Aggies Football. Ten years later, I’m working on … an updated version of Game of My Life.

Skyhorse Publishing out of New York has added two chapters to the current 25, and the top two choices in the decade since among Aggie standouts were linebacker Von Miller and quarterback Johnny Manziel.

I’ve visited with both in recent weeks about the “games of their lives” (2010 at Texas for Miller and, you guessed it, 2012 at Alabama for Manziel) and had to share this story from Miller, a current Denver Bronco star and perhaps Texas A&M’s best ambassador on any level, sports or otherwise. The man absolutely loves Texas A&M, and lets the nation know it every chance he gets.

Near the end of the interview I asked Miller how happy he was for former teammate Luke Joeckel, a standout offensive tackle who might go No. 1 overall in the upcoming NFL draft to the Kansas City Chiefs. Joeckel was a freshman when Miller, the 2010 Butkus Award winner, was a senior. The Chiefs just happen to be the Broncos’ chief rival in the AFC West.

“If Luke goes No. 1 that would be great for Texas A&M, and it would be great for me in the division,” Miller said with a hearty chuckle about his old friend. “Because then I would get to whip his ass twice a year.”